Rail-fastening means



J. ZOTKIEWICZ.

RAIL rAsTEmNG MEANS.'

APPLICATION FILED. NOV` 28.1921.

1,408,058. Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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RAIL-FASTENING MEANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

Application filed. November 28, 1921. Serial No. 518,235.

To a-ZZ @Li/1,0m I? may comer/'i Be it known that l, Jol-1N Zo'i'ninn'icz, a citizen of Poland. residing at Mount Carmel, in the county of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Fastening Means, of which the ilollowing is a specilication.

This invention relates to a means for securing the rails of railroad tracks te the ties, or sleepers, the invention having for an object to provide a simple andellicient means for this purpose which functions without the use of spikes, permitting' of ready renier-al and replacing' of the rails when necessary.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, i'eference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various' novel 'jeaturesof the invention are more particularly set' forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a plan view with one of the rails in horizontal section on the line 1--1 of Fig. 2, of a rail fastening` means embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional Vview taken transversely of the track showing the device itself in elevation.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the device, taken transversely of the track, part of the sleeper element being shown in longitudinal section.

Fig. 4 is an underside plan view of the rail engaging latch with its supporting` and operating,l parts, the sleeper element not being shown.

Referring now to the drawings, the reference nuinei'all() indicates portions et a pair 'of track rails. These rails rest on opposite ends of a metal tie-bar 12 provided at its extremities with backwardly projecting flanges 13 which lit closely over the basefla'nges of the rails on. the outer sides thereof. This tie-bai' has integral bosses 11i on its underside at Opposite ends which are adapted to be set in a concrete base or sleeper element 15 on which the tie-bar rests. y

The upper face of the tie-bar 12 is recessed or cut away throughout the major portion of its length, leaving` thickened ends 12 on which the rails 10 rest. This recess is .filled by a supplementary strip 18 which latter recessed 0n its underside as at 19. This strip 18 is secured upon the bar 12 by means of nuts 20 threaded upon bolts 21 fixed to and projecting upward from the bar, these bolts passing upward through suitable openings, surrounded by kdownwardly projectinp` nanges 22, in the strips 18.

The strip 1S has pivotally mounted on opposite ends thereof a pair of latch elements each in the forni of a short bar 25 having its outer end shaped to fit over the base flange ofthe rail on the inner side of the latter. rlhe latch 2o is i'ixed on the upper end of a vertical stud 26 suitably pivoted in the strip 18, this stud having fixed on its lower end, within the recess 19, a worm gear 27 which is enga-ged by a worn pinion 28 having trunnion elements suitably supported by kbrackets 29 fixed to the under face of the strip in the recess. One of these trunnion elements, 3G, is extended through an opening,` in the side wall of the recess 19 and is squared to receive a suitable wrench or spaniier for turning purposes. The latch is preferably arranged to cause the end thereof to Jain against the web of the rail to hold` the latter securely locked, one corner of the latch being rounded as at 25 to enable it teclear the flange of the rail when the latch is being moved to locking` position.

T also preferably provide a means, operated by the stud 26, for locking the ends of the strip 18 to the thickened ends 12 of the bar 12. This means comprises for each end of the strip a bolt 32 slidably carried in the end thereof and adapted to engage in a socket 33 in the bar end 12, this bolt being normally urged to retracted 'position by means of a coiled expansion spring 34 which surrounds it. Upon the upper face of gear 27' a cam boss 35 is fcrmed and is adapted to engage the inner end of the bolt 32 to move the latter into the socket 33 when the stud 26 is rotated and the latch 25 moved to operative position.

It is believed 'li t the manner of operation and use of my improved rail fastening kmeans will be readily understood from the above description. By rotating the pinion 28 the latch 25 is moved into engagement with the base flange of the rail, while at the same time the bolt 82 is engaged in the end of the tiebar 12.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. In combination with a pair of track rails, a tie bar having integral flanges at opposite ends adapted to engage the base flanges of the rails on one side thereof, and a pair of pivoted latch bars adapted to engage the opposite sides of the said base flanges, and worm and pinion operating means for said latch bars.

2. In combination with a pair of track rails, a tie-bar having integral back-turned flanges at opposite ends adapted to engage the base flanges ofthe rails on the outer sides thereof, the top face of said tie-bar being recessed between the rails, a supplementary strip filling the recess in the said tie-bar said strip being recessed on its under side, and a pair of latch bars pivoted on opposite ends of said strip and adapted to engage the said base flanges on the inner sides thereof.

8. In combination with a pair of track rails, a tie-bar having integral back-turned flanges at opposite ends adapted to engage the base flanges of the rails on the outer sides thereof, the top face of.l said tie-bar being recessed between the rails, a supplementary strip filling the recess in the said tiebar said strip being recessed on its under side, and a pair of latch bars pivoted on opposite ends of said strip and adapted to engage the said base flanges on the inner sides thereof, and worm and pinion means located in the recess in the said strip for operating said latch bars.

et. In combination with a pair oftrack rails, a tie-bar having integral back-turned flanges at opposite ends adapted to engage the base flanges of the rails on the outer sides thereof, the top face of said tie-bar being recessed between the rails, `a supplementary strip filling the recess in the said tie-bar said strip being recessed on its under side, and a pair of latch bars pivoted on opposite ends of said strip and adapted to engage the said base flanges on the inner sides therof, and means operated in common with the said latch for locking said Strip to the said tie-bar.

5. In combination with a pair of track rails, a tie-bar having integral back-turned flanges at opposite en ds adapted to engage the base flanges of the rails on the outer sides thereof, the top face of said tie-bar being recessed between the rails, a supplementary strip filling the recess in the said tie-bar said strip being recessed on its under side, and a pair of latch bars pivoted on opposite ends of said strip and adapted to engage the said base flanges on the inner sides thereof, and means operated in common with the said latches fory locking said strip tothe said tiebar, said means comprising bolts slidable in the ends of the said strip, and cam elements rotatable with the latches for moving said bolts tol operative position.

6. In combination with a pair of track rails, a tie-bar having integral back-turned flanges at opposite ends adapted to engage the base flanges of the rails on the outer sides thereof, the top face of said tie-bar being recessed between the rails, a supplementary Strip filling the recess in the said tie-bar said strip being recessed on its under side, and a pair of latch bars pivoted on opposite ends of said strip and adapted to engage the said base flanges on the inner sides thereof, and means operated in common with the said latches for locking said strip to the said tiebar, said means comprising bolts slidable in the ends of the said strip, and cam elements rotatable with the latches for moving said bolts to operative position, and springs surrounding said bolts and normally urging the sameto retracted position. Y

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

JOHN ZOTKIEWICZ. 

